



Musical Notations of Mahakala Melodies Written by the Ninth Karmapa (Tib. Mgon po’i dbyangs yig Karma pa dgu pa’i phyag bris), pages 44 and 63
- Material
- ink and pigments on paper
- Dimensions
- dimensions unknown
- Collection
Private collection of H. H. 17th Karmapa
- Photo Credit
- images courtesy of His Holiness the Seventeenth Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje
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